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J. A. DEHUTH.

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UNrrfEnY STATES ATENT Frison.

JOHN ARTHUR DEMUTH, OF OBERLIN, OHIO.

WORKIVIANS TIME-RECORDER.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of ALetters Patent N o. 674,260, dated May 14, 1901.

Application filed August, 1900- Selial N0- 2576'7. (No modchl Beit known that I, JOHN ARTHUR DEMUTH, a citizen ot the United States, and a resident ot' Oberlin, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Employees Time-Register, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an apparatus for keeping the time of employees, particularly in connection with establishments'having a great number ofeanployees.

The invention comprises various devices for carrying out this end, such devices to be used in connection with the register disclosed in my Patent No. 655,694, dated August 14, 1900.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a front view of the time-card rack. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the timecard box with a part broken away to show the interior of the box. Fig. 3 is a view of the full-time card. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof the auditing device, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

The rack for containing the time-cards is shown in Fig. l and com prises a suitable framing 6,'divided into two horizontal sections, respectively commanded by doors 7. In Fig. l the upper door 7 is shown closed and held by,hooks 7a. The lower door 7 is shown open. The card-rack is provided with slots 8 or other means for holding the full-time cards, which are indicated at 9 in Figs. l and 3. These cards are served out one to each employee and are provided with a figure 9a, designating the number of the employee, and with other printed matter indicating the purpose of the card and the department to which it belongs. The cards are also provided on each side with divisions, (designated Hb.) These divisions are consecutively numbered and are adapted to receive the initials of the employee as he goes and comes from the works. The numbers of the compartments 9b are printed in light ink or colors, so that the initials may be Written over the numbers, and each compartment has Fig. 2, which comprises outer walls l0, hav'- v ing a top wall 10, which may be removed to gain access to the box. The box is provided with aslot 1l, through which the cards'may be introduced into the box, and a diagonal slide l2 is fitted in `the upper portion of the box to cause the cards to lie in regular order in the bottom of the box.

According to my system ot timekeeping should any of the workmen be late upon the arrival of the hour at which the workmen are supposed to be at work the card-box 10 will be removed, so that no other full-time cards may be placed therein. The timekeeper of the establishment may then figure out and enter on his book the names of the employees who put in full time. Employees coming late should be furnished with cards similar to those illustrated in Fig. 6 of my patent referred to above, and a register such as I have shown and described in that patent should be provided, so that the workman who is late may take the late-time card-that is to say, the one shown in my other patent-and perforate this by the register which is disclosed in the prior patent. When the workman leaves at night, he should repeat the operation, and the card will then bear two perforations separated from each other for a certain distance, as will be fully understood by reference to the other patent referred to. If theworkman goes out and returns at noon, the card will bear four perforations. The Workman who is late should then mark his time upon the card, and in order to verify the workmans calculation I have provided the device shown in Figs. 4 and 5. This comprises a box-like frame or base 14, on which l is arranged a dial l5, bearing twelve divisions representing the hours of the day and various subdivisions representing minutes. Carried by the base 14 and having its axis disposed centrally with respect to the dial l5 is a circular table 16, arranged to rotate. This ta-` IOO ble is provided with two pins or blades 17, on which the late-time card should be impalcd. A needle 1S is carried by the table 16, coincident with the axis thereof, and this needle 18 projects upward. In placing the latetime card on the table 16 it should be placed over the needle 18, so that the needle will pass through the center of the time-card. Inorder to hold the table 16 against rotary movement at certain periods of the operation of the device, as will be fully described hereinafter, I provide a brake-shoe 19, which bears on the periphery of the table and is connected with a rod 20, which is bentto pass down into the base 14 and has its forward end extended upward through a slot in the base and provided with a hand button or knob 21, by which it may be operated. A spring 22 serves to press the rod 20 to the right, (see Fig. 5,) and therebyT causes the brakeshoe 19 to normally engage the table 16. An arm 23 is provided at its inner end with a socket 24, which is adapted to fit loosely on the needle 1S, and this socket is also provided with a milled thumb-wheel 25 to facilitate turning the arm 23 around the axis of the needle 18. The arm 23 is provided with two pointers 26, one of which is located over the table 16 and the other of which is located at the free outer end of the arm, so as to read on the graduations of the dial 15 which represent the hours of the day. Now the latetime card, referred to hereinbefore as being the same as that shown in my prior patent, having been pierced by the register, also shown in my prior patent, the arm 23, with its at tached parts 26, 2 4, and 25, should be removed from the needle 18 and the late-time card should be impaled on the needle 18 and on the blades 17, care being taken to place the needle 18 at Vthe center of the circular row of figures which appear on the late-time card. (See the said prior patent.) The arm 23, with its attached parts, should then be placed back in the position shown in the drawings and the arm 23 should be moved so that the indicator 26 at the table 16 points to the irst perforation on the late-time card. Then the brake-shoe 19 should be released and the table 16 turned with the arm 23 so that the outer indicator points to Zero on the dial 15. The brake-shoe 19 should then be permitted to engage the table 16, and the arm 23 should be moved independently of the table until the inner indicator 26 points to the second perforation on the time-card. Then the difference between the Zero-point on the dial 15 and the point of said dial to which the outer indicator 26 points when the arm 23 has been moved, as above described, should be noted, and this will give the length of time between the two periods at which the perforations in the card were made. If this tallies with the workmans account, his account may be accepted as correct; otherwise proof will be had that the account is incorrect. If the card bears four perforations, the same operation may be repeated with respect to them. Should the workman go out and return at noon, the four perforations on the card may be distinguished from each other by marking them with a pencil or the like. This is indicated in Fig. 4, Where the dotted lines 49a indicate the late-time card and the dotted lines 49b indicate the perforations therein. The morning-perforations may be distinguished from the evening-perforations by marking a circle 49c around the one and a circle 491 around the other or by making other analogous distinguishing characters.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent* 1. The combination of a base, a dial thereon, a table arranged to turn around the axis of the dial, a needle carried centrally on the table, a brake working with the table, and an arm arranged removably on the needle and capable of turning thereon, the arm having two indicators respectively related to the dial and to the table.

2. The combination of a base or supporting member, a dial thereon, a table arranged to turn around an axis central to the dial, a brake for the dial, and an arm removably carried on the table and turning around the axis thereof, the arm having two indicators respectively related to the table and to the dial.

3. The combination of a dial, a table arranged to turn around the center thereof, and

an arm arranged to turn independently of the table on an axis coincident with that of the table and having two indicators respectively related to the table and to the dial.

4. The combination of a dial, a table arranged to turn around the center thereof, a brake working with the table, and an arm arranged to turn independently of the table and around an axis coincident with that of the table, the arm having two indicators related respectively to the dial and to the table.

5. An auditing device for the time-registers of employees, the auditing device having a dial, a revoluble table mounted adjacent thereto, and an arm turning independently of the table around an axis coincident with that of the table and having indicators, for the purpose specified.

6. The combination of a dial, a table arranged to turn around the center thereof, a needle carried centrally by the table, an arm having a socket loosely and removably fitted on the needle, and two indicators carried by the arm and relating respectively to the table and to the dial.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN ARTHUR DEMUTII.

Witnesses:

F. G. DooLrrrLn, E. G. SWEET.

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